ほぐす

Japanese

Alternative spelling
解す

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほぐ​す [hògúꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ɡɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝ]

Verb

ほぐす • (hogusu) transitive godan (stem ほぐし (hogushi), past ほぐした (hogushita))

Japanese verb pair
active	ほぐす
mediopassive	ほぐれる

1. to unravel; to disentangle

   古(ふる)いセーターをほぐす

   furui sētā o hogusu

   to unravel an old sweater

2. to relax; to relieve stress or bodily stiffness

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ほぐす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ほぐさ	hogusa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ほぐし	hogushi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ほぐす	hogusu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ほぐす	hogusu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ほぐせ	hoguse
Meireikei ("imperative")	ほぐせ	hoguse
Key constructions
Passive	ほぐされる	hogusareru
Causative	ほぐさせる ほぐさす	hogusaseru hogusasu
Potential	ほぐせる	hoguseru
Volitional	ほぐそう	hogusō
Negative	ほぐさない	hogusanai
Negative continuative	ほぐさず	hogusazu
Formal	ほぐします	hogushimasu
Perfective	ほぐした	hogushita
Conjunctive	ほぐして	hogushite
Hypothetical conditional	ほぐせば	hoguseba

Classical conjugation of "ほぐす" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	ほぐさ		fogusa
Continuative (連用形)	ほぐし		fogusi
Terminal (終止形)	ほぐす		fogusu
Attributive (連体形)	ほぐす		fogusu
Realis (已然形)	ほぐせ		foguse
Imperative (命令形)	ほぐせ		foguse
Key constructions
Negative	ほぐさず		fogusazu
Contrasting conjunction	ほぐせど		fogusedo
Causal conjunction	ほぐせば		foguseba
Conditional conjunction	ほぐさば		fogusaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	ほぐしき		fogusiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	ほぐしけり		fogusikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	ほぐしつ		fogusitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	ほぐしぬ		fogusinu
Perfect-continuative tense	ほぐせり ほぐしたり		foguseri fogusitari
Volitional	ほぐさむ		fogusamu

Derived terms

• もみほぐす (momihogusu)